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South Africa kicks off R150-million Covid-19 vaccine trial

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Hopes are high as the country undertakes its first vaccine trial for Covid-19 – but if successful, the general public will have to wait until at least until late 2021 to access it. By Helen Grange.

healthe
June 23, 2020

Cybercriminals take advantage of health crisis

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From ransomware attacks on hospitals to the deliberate spread of fake news on social media, South Africa has seen an increase in digital crimes during the lockdown period, writes Jamaine Krige.

healthe
June 23, 2020

‘We cannot forget to care for the carers’

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While South Africa prepares for advanced level 3 lockdown, medical and residential facilities for the elderly need to remain as strict as ever. Covid-19 has proven fatal for the elderly, which means their care workers have to be extra cautious to not cause an infection. Many have left their homes to move into their places of work. By Jamaine Krige.

healthe
June 23, 2020

Can you still breast-feed your baby during the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Breast-feeding protects new-borns from getting sick and continues to safeguard them throughout their infancy and childhood, but has this changed with the coronavirus?

Nthusang Lefafa
June 22, 2020

#LockdownSA: Charities highlight children in need

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Under the current lockdown level, food donations may be made by charitable organisations, and North West and Free State communities rallied together to ensure that vulnerable community members are helped.

PreciousMashiane and PreciousMashiane
June 18, 2020

Gauteng health officials test positive for Covid-19

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The two officials in the office of the Gauteng Health MEC tested positive for Covid-19 and, in a bid to tackle stigma around contracting the virus, have consented to be publicly named.

Marcia Moyana
June 15, 2020

Covid-19 confusion at Mthatha hospital

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Lack of protective gear, allegations of intimidation to not disclose patients or staff member’s Covid-19 status and being forced to come into work whilst Covid-19 positive are some claims made by Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital nurses against management.

LindiwePakati
June 15, 2020

#LockdownSA: Nyangis Foundation serves Hammanskraal community

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The non-profit organisation recently donated food parcel to 10 families in struggling to make ends meet in the Hammanskraal and Moretele local municipalities.

PreciousMashiane
June 12, 2020

Covid-19 makes life ‘extra difficult’ for the blind

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Virus prevention measures were drafted without concern for those with partial vision or blindness, say visually impaired and blind South Africans.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
June 11, 2020

Re-opening schools needs mindfulness from parents

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With varying opinions about whether schools should remain closed or not, parents and caregivers need to honestly assess what the best solution is for their children’s mental and emotional growth. By Kirstan Puttick Lloyd.

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June 3, 2020

Anxiety builds for Limpopo families separated by Covid-19 hospital regulations

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“I sometimes feel like I’ve deserted my mom but there is nothing I can do – it’s beyond my control,” says Mulalo Namgammbi whose mother is a cancer patient at Tshilidzini Hospital.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
June 3, 2020

Maternal health sidelined during Covid-19 outbreak

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“We were told to go back home, and they said there is nothing they can do because they’re dealing with coronavirus patients,” says a distraught Western Cape mother whose daughter gave birth in early May

Imameleng Masitha
May 29, 2020

Pregnancy: a time of joy transformed to worry

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Covid-19 brings fresh complications to pregnancy and childbirth across Eastern and Southern Africa, writes Dr Gabriele Fontana .

healthe
May 28, 2020

The terror of being pregnant in the time of Covid-19

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“I feel worried and scared. Most of the time I wonder what will happen if I get infected with Covid-19 and get not cured, what will happen to my child?” says a pregnant Pontsho Moloi.

healthe
May 26, 2020

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